The average weight for a Miss America contest winner is 121 pounds. The average woman’s weight is 166 pounds. This contest creates unrealistic images of what a beautiful American woman is supposed to look like. This was the case for the Alvarez sisters. They saw the pretty‚ blonde haired‚ blue eyed white girls from the Miss America contest and tried to be like them so they could fit in and be accepted by their peers. On top of that‚ their parents wouldn’t allow them to be the All American Girl they
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Speech Title: ______Don’t Smoke! _________________________ Specific Purpose: To inform my audience that smoking is harmful in many ways and to try and persuade them not to do it. Central Idea: Smoking is very harmful to the body and can cause many diseases‚ so people should reconsider it before they do it. Introduction Attention: Hey everyone‚ my name’s Katie Jakubec‚ and today I’m going to be talking a little bit about why you shouldn’t smoke. I think pretty much everyone’s already
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A recent problem that I encountered was when I was trying to create an entry for the Get to Know contest‚ which is an annual contest that encourages young people to create original works of art‚ writing‚ photography‚ videography and music inspired by nature. As an artist‚ I was drawn to the art category‚ especially since I was brimming with ideas after a year where I spent much of my time outdoors‚ camping and hiking. The possibilities seemed endless at the time. But as I drew sketch after sketch
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Topic: Smoking is harmful “Smoking is harmful”. It is a very familiar slogan that you can easy to see in public places. However‚ there is a fact that‚ despite knowledge about smoking damage‚ the number of people who smoke is increasing day by day. Smoking causes many negative effects than people think. It affects not only health but also environment and society. First‚ it is harmful for both smoker and non- smokers. There are many toxic chemicals in tobacco cause cancer such as nicotine‚ monoxide
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Is Texting Harmful? Ashley Robertson ELA B 10b Words June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can
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Jessica Pulliam English Comp. I RL December 10‚ 2012 Common Ground on Child Beauty Pageants I’m sure you all have seen the TV show “Toddlers in Tiaras.” It is a show about young children competing in beauty pageants to win a place in a higher ranked pageant‚ money‚ and the ownership of a winning title. Many people think differently about the show and the pageants. Some are all for the pageants and some are against them. People who are against the pageants complain that they should be eliminated
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Beauty Pageants is a debatable topic. Many girls and even compete based on abilities‚ poise‚ and perfection. Beauty Pageants either lean towards a good side or a bad side. Some people think the pageants can be harmful‚ because of competition. Some people think otherwise‚ they think it builds up self-confidence and character. There are different opinions and debates on beauty pageants. There are many debates that lead to beauty pageants to lean toward the harmful side. Some people think parents
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First of all‚ the differences between the natural beauty and cosmetic beauty is the cost. The first aspect is the cost of products. For natural beauty‚ we do not need any cost to be beautiful as we are concern of what we have since we were born. For hair care‚ we only spend a small amount of money to trim and wash our hair. On the other hand‚ cosmetic beauty would need an amount of money. We know that to become more attractive‚ we have to put on makeup to make ourselves look better. However‚ we know
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Harmful Chemicals in our Environment Over the past century humans have introduced a large number of chemical substances into the environment. Some are the waste from industrial and agricultural processes. Some have been designed as structural materials and others have been designed to perform various functions such as healing the sick or killing pests and weeds. Obviously some chemicals are useful but many are toxic and their harm to the environment and our health far outweighs their benefit to
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consumers to choose from. This put pressure in the advertisers . The need to sell pushed them to find ways to sell . Oftentimes ‚ the advertising is the best medium to do so given the wide reach and reception that it has . This all led to the harmful effects that many scholars and researchers claim that advertising has . The harms of advertising can be found in its effects in the media ‚ economy ‚ in children and families ‚ and human behavior in general. For one ‚ the media has become advertiser-driven
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